We'll meet at the Carter County Extension Office and join the District 1 counties via zoom for this backyard apple & pear care class. 

Cost is $40 and includes either two 2-year-old apple or pear trees.  The fee can be paid the night of the meeting.  

Space is limited, so register here to select either apple or pear trees.  You must attend the session to receive the trees.  Registration deadline is March 6. 

Tree Varieties:

APPLES
*CRIMSONCRISP® IS MEDIUM IN SIZE WITH A VERY ATTRACTIVE CRIMSON RED COLOR OVER 95% OF THE FRUIT SURFACE. CRIMSONCRISP® HAS A VERY FIRM, CRISP TEXTURE WITH A TART, COMPLEX FLAVOR. THE TREE IS VERY GROWER FRIENDLY WITH A SPREADING HABIT, FRUITING THROUGHOUT THE TWO- AND THREE-YEAR OLD BRANCHES. THE FRUIT MATURES IN MID-SEASON AND WILL KEEP IN COLD STORAGE FOR SIX MONTHS. CRIMSONCRISP® IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION.
 

*RUBYRUSH™ - AN EXCITING NEW RELEASE FROM THE APPLE BREEDING PROGRAM AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY/ NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION(NJAES). THIS SELECTION IS A GOLDRUSH X ENTERPRISE CROSS SELECTED FOR ITS SCAB-RESISTANT TRAITS. RUBYRUSH™ ALSO EXHIBITS EXCELLENT RESISTANCE TO FIRE BLIGHT AND CEDAR APPLE RUST. THE FRUIT IS JUICY AND AROMATIC WITH A DESIRABLE CRISP TEXTURE. THE TREE IS VIGOROUS AND SHOULD BE THINNED TO AVOID BIENNIAL BEARING.

PEARS
* HARROW SWEET - A LATE-SEASON PEAR DEVELOPED BY THE HARROW RESEARCH STATION IN ONTARIO, CANADA, HARROW SWEET RIPENS APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS AFTER BARTLETT. THIS VARIETY HAS SHOWN VERY GOOD RESISTANCE TO FIRE BLIGHT. THE FRUIT SIZE AND APPEARANCE ARE SIMILAR TO THAT OF BARTLETT; HOWEVER, HARROW SWEET DOES DEVELOP AN ATTRACTIVE BLUSH. TREES SHOULD BE THINNED TO MAINTAIN FRUIT SIZE AND AVOID BIENNIAL BEARING.

*SHENANDOAH - ANOTHER RELEASE FROM USDA AND OSU, SHENANDOAH HARVESTS APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS AFTER BARTLETT. FRUIT SIZE IS LARGE WITH TRADITIONAL SUB-ACID PEAR FLAVOR. BLIGHT RESISTANCE IS GOOD AND SIMILAR TO THAT OF SECKEL. SHENANDOAH STORES VERY WELL FOR UP TO FIVE MONTHS WITHOUT BREAKING DOWN.